Hugh Reid BELKNAP

(1860-1901)

BELKNAP, Hugh Reid, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa,
September 1, 1860; attended the public schools, Adams Academy,
Quincy, Mass., and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; at the age of
eighteen entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Co. and worked in various capacities until he retired in 1892 to
become superintendent of the South Side Rapid Transit Railroad of
Chicago; successfully contested as a Republican the election of
Lawrence E. McGann to the Fifty-fourth Congress; reelected to the
Fifty-fifth Congress and served from December 27, 1895, to March 3,
1899; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the
Fifty-sixth Congress; resided in Chicago, Ill., until 1901;
appointed a paymaster in the United States Army with the rank of
major and served from February 2, 1901, until his death in Calamba,
Laguna, P.I., November 12, 1901; interment in Arlington National
Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present